Petition · past parliament
Cap income and wealth - the current system of unlimited wealth promotes greed.
Rejected
17 signatures
What the petition asks
The current system of unlimited wealth and income promotes greed and is detrimental to entrepreneurial processes with many wealthy individuals not re-investing wealth in the system causing a depletion of funds for growth. Not having a cap is causing wealth gaps never seen in all of history.
https://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/scale-economic-inequality-uk
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We're not sure exactly what you would like to happen.
If you could explain the level at which you think a cap should be set, and/or how you think this might be done (whether through taxation or other mechanisms), we could look at this again.
Petitions need to contain a clear request for a specific action so that Government and Parliament know what you are asking them to do.
If you could explain the level at which you think a cap should be set, and/or how you think this might be done (whether through taxation or other mechanisms), we could look at this again.
Petitions need to contain a clear request for a specific action so that Government and Parliament know what you are asking them to do.
Timeline
| 27 Oct 2015 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Nov 2015 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
17
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Nov 2015
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.